With backyard cricket you need to be able to confidently duck under bouncers and leave seaming deliveries outside off stump, so you don't want any demons in grandma's backyard pitch. Maybe a bit of turn later in the afternoon to keep the spinners interested.

I was going to say it will be good for the Black Caps at least, as it is fine and sunny down here and forecast to stay that way till Boxing Day... so hopefully the evening showers that are forecast for then, stick to that.